(Daily Caller) Hacienda Community Development Corp. is participating in a taxpayer-funded down payment assistance program that gives money to non-citizens to buy homes in Oregon while excluding American citizens from eligibility, according to records provided to the Daily Caller.
Hacienda CDC is reportedly offering $30,000 for down payment assistance for eligible new homebuyers through their Camino a Casa program, according to a screenshot first reported by X user Oregon Citizen. “Clients work closely with financial coaches and HUD-certified housing counselors throughout the entirety of the homebuying process. In addition to mortgage readiness and financial fitness workshops, we provide various opportunities for down-payment assistance,” the organization states.
What do you think Oregon friends? Should non citizens and undocumented citizens be given $30,000 for down payments to buy a home here in the state of Oregon? Check out the requirements! ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/riGm6AuMGJ
— Oregon Citizen (@oregoncitizen_) August 9, 2024
The eligibility requirements include being a non-citizen. Republican Oregon state Rep. Ed Diehl told the Daily Caller he received confirmation from Business Oregon that Hacienda CDC is using these funds for non-citizens while excluding American citizens.
“American citizens in Oregon are struggling to find and buy a home. We have a severe housing shortage in this state. I am appalled that the hard-earned, limited tax dollars of Oregonians are being used to prioritize home ownership for certain non-US citizens. Oregon can’t end this state-sponsored discrimination soon enough,” Diehl told the Daily Caller.
LISTEN: I went on air with @JeffKropf to discuss Oregon’s ‘Economic Equity Investment Program’, or EEIP, which doles out public tax dollars based on race and other factors.
Oregonians need to know that the Democrat Majority is quietly pushing unconstitutional laws that racially… pic.twitter.com/T0DyGBUjGn
— Rep. Real Diehl (@Real_EdDiehl) August 16, 2024
Hacienda CDC is partially funded through the Economic Equity Investment Program (EEIP), an equity-based beneficiary project established through the Economic Equity Investment Act (SB 1579), which the Oregon legislature passed in 2022. The organization receives millions in Oregon state taxpayer money and federal taxes through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), according to its recent annual report.
The EEIP was initially given $15 million to distribute to organizations that would uphold their equity requirements and help individuals buy land and property, start businesses, and build intergenerational wealth. In 2024, the state legislature allocated another $8 million to the EEIP to fund organizations, including Hacienda CDC, that provide “culturally responsive services to support economic stability, self-sufficiency, wealth building, and economic equity among disadvantaged individuals, families, businesses, and communities.”
I recently toured Mass Casitas to learn about Hacienda CDC’s plan for affordable modular homes that can be delivered all over Oregon. They’re working on expanding a facility that’ll create homes rapidly to help with housing needs.@HaciendaCDC #Portland #affordablehousing #orleg pic.twitter.com/ObR4hGwIT7
— Rep. Travis E. Nelson 🩺 (@IamTravisNelson) April 20, 2023
